So I’m now on the very long list for the Liverpool Art Prize : http://liverpoolartprize.com/?p=1065 but to anyone who knows, this means absolutely nothing. The criteria was:
*To be born in OR currently based in Liverpool City Region and surrounding areas.
* To have exhibited or realised a project or piece of work in the previous year (June 2011- Present) with evidence of this online.
* To have made a demonstrable contribution or impact on the Liverpool art scene and to have developed a unique and individual art practice.
How I feel I fit the criteria:
· I live / work in the region
· My own project/s in the last year have included four installations made from recycled paper. All documented on my website, on the independents biennial site, in the media and of course in this blog.
· My contribution to the Liverpool art scene began last year when, with Leeds artist Bruce Davies, I got together a band of artists from Liverpool, Leeds and beyond to take part in SUPERMARKET, Stockholm – with funding from ACE North west. The collaborative project developed as we gathered more artists through contacts we made in Stockholm and in Leeds, to become part of The Liverpool Independents Biennial. We exhibited twice in Liverpool as part of the festival, before touring to Leeds and will eventually head out to Sweden and America. As well as working with this group. I was on the board of the Liverpool Independents Biennial and spent a lot of my time promoting and documenting the work of the artists involved in the Independents. All evidence can easily be found on line : http://www.independentsbiennial.org/?PHPSESSID=661ab0ff6d1481361e8b22733367d1cb&s=Wendy+Williams This is all on top of my own work
Reasons I probably will not make the short list:
· I am not in the’in crowd’ and am not ‘cool’ : (
